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Wilson Flores interviews Romy Neri

By Wilson Lee Flores
The Philippine Star

Neri bids goodbyeSSS president Romulo Neri recently made news headlines again along with former Comelec Chairman Benjamin Abalos, with both pinned twice by the Ombudsman for a graft case, while President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and First Gentleman Mike Arroyo were cleared by the same Ombudsman of alleged wrongdoing in the controversial and allegedly overpriced US$329.48 million National Broadband Network (NBN) project with ZTE.

As former National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) chief, Neri was in 2007 invited by the Senate to testify on the alleged NBN anomalies where he revealed that ZTE broker Abalos had offered him a P200 million bribe at Wack Wack Golf & Country Club for him to approve the NBN project. Neri narrated that he informed GMA about this bribery attempt and that she instructed him not to accept the bribe. However, when the Senate probed further on whether GMA herself had followed up the project, directed him to prioritize or approve it, Neri refused to answer the Senate, invoking “executive privilege.” The Supreme Court in 2008 affirmed Neri’s right as a cabinet official to invoke “executive privilege.” Neri has since declined to discuss at length this controversy with the media, but this writer recently convinced him to grant The Philippine STAR an exclusive no-holds-barred interview. Here are excerpts:

Flores: Are you becoming the fall guy for the alleged massive corruption involved in the NBN project with ZTE now? Why don’t you just tell the Senate or the public the truth, so the real big crooks can be convicted instead of you suffering?

Neri: I don’t know enough to convict anybody.

Do you think you can win this Ombudsman graft case against you?

I hope this case will eventually be dismissed, as it should be, for lack of merit.

You told the Senate that then Comelec Chairman Abalos offered you a bribe of P200 million, which shocked the country. Was that the whole truth?

I guess. All I heard him tell me was “May 200 ka dito (You have 200 here).”

Was this P200 million the biggest ever bribe you’ve been offered in all your years in government?

This is not the biggest, this is actually the first time I’ve been offered a bribe. I’m new to this game.

As a top technocrat, you’ve served as head of the planning and budget office in Congress; then GMA appointed you Budget Secretary, NEDA chief, then head of the Commission on Higher Education and SSS President. Would you agree to serve the Noynoy Aquino government, if invited?

No more. I’m out of government. You know, if I had my way, I would never have entered government. But I wish the newly elected President Noynoy Aquino well, that hopefully his government will encourage job creation and poverty alleviation.

Why? Are you bitter at what happened to you?

I feel disappointed over all these events, but I’m still hoping that I will eventually get justice.

Do you have any ill feelings for Abalos?

No, I don’t have any ill feelings for Abalos.

Who is better at golf, you or Abalos?

Ah, Abalos is a very good golfer, he used to work there at Wack Wack as a caddie. He’s an excellent golfer, but I played with him only once.

What is his handicap compared to yours?

I think Abalos has a single handicap. Oh, me? Maximum handicap siguro (probably) of 26 or 28. (Laughs)

How is President GMA’s golf game?

I don’t know. I’ve never played with the President.

Do you think Abalos is guilty and very corrupt?

You know, Wilson, I don’t judge people.

Did the P200 million bribe come to you as a total surprise?

Yes, I didn’t know how to react to it. I was taken by surprise.

Why did you turn down the P200 million bribe? What were you thinking then?

I was thinking about the many poor people that could have benefited from that amount. Wala (nothing), it was against my sense of decency, my family values.

What were the professions of your parents?

My father German Neri was a public school teacher and later principal, while my mother Rosario Lumanarias Neri was a housewife. I have eight brothers and sisters.

Wow, your parents didn’t do any family planning? Are you for family planning, by the way?

Yes, I am for family planning. There is a high correlation between hunger and family size. The ideal size for Filipino families should be at most two or three children.

Going back to the ZTE-NBN anomaly, is it true you know more than you are willing or at liberty to tell?

As head of NEDA, I don’t choose the suppliers. We at NEDA just approve government projects, but we do not choose the suppliers or contractors, and we have no involvement or zero involvement in any contracts. Those are the business of the implementing government agencies — the choosing of contractors or suppliers, that is the business of the implementing agencies.

Wasn’t the so-called National Broadband Network (NBN) project by our government officials in itself anomalous or maybe just a moneymaking scheme of our politicians?

The NBN project was really very important in 2006 to 2007. We hardly had any broadband facility then and our broadband cost in the Philippines then was 200 times that of the US. It was a very important project at that time.

Why was it so important, aside from the lower costs?

It makes telecommunications more efficient. Sayang talaga (It was such a waste). I think PLDT and Smart, I believe they later invested huge amounts, even bigger than the P16 billion original costs of the NBN project.

How much more did PLDT and Smart invest because the NBN didn’t push through?

I believe PLDT and Smart may have invested more than double that amount.

Do you think our corrupt and chaotic politics have sabotaged a lot of economic development opportunities for the Philippines all these decades?

Yes. At that time, do you know that the government of China was willing to support the Philippines to the tune of US$2 billion a year at low interest rates and that’s now gone, starting in 2006 and 2007? That would have helped us sustain a much higher yearly economic growth, that would have helped pump-prime the Philippine economy, and that’s now gone. We are no longer on the radar screen of China.

I didn’t realize the loss in economic development assistance was that huge…

Actually, that US$2 billion a year was only through the Chinese Eximbank, that’s not counting yet the possible additional financing for Philippine socio-economic development projects from the China Development Bank which would have followed the Chinese Eximbank.

How do you resist a temptation like a P200 million bribe for a project that you now say is actually good for the Philippine economy?

Just live a simple lifestyle, and limit your desires.

Can you please share your ideas about the nature of corruption in our politics?

There are various forms of corruption. First, you have the petty corruption or bribes. Second, you have the overpricing of or fake projects, the so-called “ghost projects” or “semi-ghost projects.” Very little of the project’s budget ends up helping the people or beneficiaries. Third, and the most pernicious, is the corruption of policies by government regulations in terms of legislations or regulations. This type of corruption discourages investments, increases the costs of goods and services for the consumers, results in lower GDP or economic growth, higher costs for all, costing our society hundreds of billions of pesos per year. Fourth is tax evasion, the collusion between taxpayers and tax enforcers, which I estimate to be P100 billion to P200 billion per year.

If government, the police, military, judiciary and others can lessen corruption, will there be less poverty?

Yes, lesser corruption definitely will mean more money would go to infrastructure, to pro-poor projects in health and education. Hopefully there can be less or limited corruption, or they just moderate their greed, then more social services will reach the beneficiaries without too much leakage.

Why is it there’s much corruption in China or Vietnam, but their economies are booming and the masses are becoming affluent, unlike our society all these years?

I think in some countries, despite the corruption, the government officials are able to deliver and govern well, so there are results. If you bribe officials there, they deliver on their promises, but unfortunately it seems here in our society, even if you bribe everybody, you’re not yet sure anything will be delivered. That’s the main difference. This makes it predictable for investors. Predictability is most important for economic development and for a better investment climate, but I’m not here encouraging that we make our corruption predictable. I hope we can really minimize corruption, since you cannot realistically expect to have zero corruption.

I’ve been writing in my columns that government salaries here are ridiculously low. Is raising their salaries to the level of top private sector firms one way to minimize corruption?

Even if you make the salary of the president a million pesos every month, there is just too much temptation. The president will have to have a strong moral character to resist the temptations in power.

Is your boss, outgoing President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, unable to resist temptation? Do you believe GMA is very corrupt?

It may be unfair… She may be a victim of circumstances…

Many people say you should just come out with the truth. How would you like people or history to remember you?

I don’t know. I’d rather not be remembered at all… I don’t really care for anybody’s remembrances. When you’re dead, you won’t care and you won’t know about it anyway. (Laughs)

Do you think about death?

You know, when Quezon Governor Raffy Nantes was still alive, we used to go to Quezon province together. We’d ride the helicopter to Quezon together for about an hour’s ride. We at NEDA supported his province. We were supposed to have dinner together the Thursday after that Monday when his helicopter crashed. I called him up at 5 p.m. that Monday, but the phone was off. “The subscriber cannot be reached,” the recording said. I didn’t know then that my friend had already died at about 4 o’clock. Actually, the week before that, he offered me the post of Secretary of Budget or NEDA in the new government, and he said he would talk to Noynoy about it. I said, “How could that happen when there are too many people in the Noynoy camp who hate me?” His reply was: “Don’t worry pare, ako bahala (Don’t worry pal, I’ll take care of that).” But of course, I never took seriously what he said, I took it as a statement of good intentions. But I really have no intentions of going back to government.

Were you shocked by the death of your friend Governor Nantes?

I don’t know, because people’s deaths never shock me. I guess it’s part of the will of Divine Providence. You just have to accept it.

Are you religious?

Yes, I’m religious, not in the conventional sense, but in the more metaphysical sense, I guess.

You had a close brush with death last year, when mysterious gunmen shot at your house?

Yes, it was on October 9, it was a Friday.

How many bullets?

The police counted a total of 261 bullets.

Wow, just like in the movies… Where were you then?

I was taking a shower. It was around 9:15 a.m. I thought the neighbors were just fighting and shouting, because I heard some bangs and then I heard bullet fire.

What thoughts crossed your mind then?

I thought there was a coup d’état and that the military was going to arrest me, because my bodyguard went upstairs to my bedroom and said there were uniformed people shooting at our house.

What did you do then?

I just called up Executive Secretary Ermita, then I called up my media friends, then Ermita called up the police.

Maybe the police or military were already there even before he called?

What happened was almost surreal… The media came in 20 minutes, then I went to the office afterwards.

Did President GMA talk to you about this?

The President called me after lunch.

What did she tell you?

She showed her concern. She asked the police to set up checkpoints in the area. We live in Sta. Mesa Heights in Quezon City.

You have a lot of security now to protect you?

I have a dozen bodyguards and drivers.

Are you still afraid? Do you have occasional nightmares?

No, I was never bothered.

How did that violent attack change your life?

Well, I don’t have privacy anymore.

After heading the SSS and all this mess, would you rather just go abroad and start a new life?

No, I want to be here, but ideally not in government.

If you were not in government, what would you have wanted to do with your life?

If I could just afford it, I’d like to spend my life playing the piano and write poetry, learn the violin. But I have to work, because music and literature would not be enough to sustain me.

What advice would you give the new President Noynoy, since everybody seems to be advising him nowadays?

I guess my advice is for Noynoy to just follow his heart.

Noynoy is a good person, but do you think he is capable of fulfilling his promises to fight corruption and solve poverty?

I think so, I believe Noynoy has a good heart.

Are you close to him?

I have never met him. I’ve never talked to him, but based on my impressions of the man, he’s a good person.

If Noynoy is a good person, how would you describe President GMA?

President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is a very hands-on and hardworking leader, she likes to micro-manage up to the last detail. She knows more details sometimes than the Cabinet secretaries themselves.

Why do you think GMA is so unpopular with the public?

Maybe it’s her style, the way she projects herself on TV. Through no fault of her own, somehow people get this wrong impression of her, they may not fully understand her. They get wrong impressions when they see her.

How will history eventually assess Gloria Macapagal Arroyo as a leader?

I think history will be less harsh, I think history will eventually be kinder to her. She has solid accomplishments in infrastructure (development), in the fiscal side of governance. We almost balanced the government budget up to 2006-2007 and we experienced a 7.3% economic growth rate in the whole year of 2007. Under GMA, from 2002 to 2007, our GDP steadily kept growing. We were in line with or even better than our ASEAN neighbors, so President Arroyo has solid accomplishments.

Has politics in the Philippines become too corrupt and too divisive?

I think there’s just too much hatred in the Philippine political system. Hatred seems to be the main motivating factor in our politics, but many of those politicians who peddled hatred, they have failed in politics. My hope is that we can have a politics that is more positive, more pro-people, really more pro-poor.

Do you see yourself as a victim of this difficult political system?

Despite the current opinions of people who criticize me, eventually I think history will understand me better.

Do you hate your critics and also those politicians who are making you a fall guy now?

I have no hatred for anyone.

Your advice to people on how to survive in politics?

They should not let their ego be involved too much in the process.

Many people tell me that you know more about the big-time corruption scandals in this outgoing Arroyo government that could actually lead to convictions of many VIPs.

They should work harder and do their legal homework if they really want a case, rather than rely too much on me, because I don’t know enough to convict anyone.

What are your hobbies?

Golf and reading. Unfortunately, I don’t have time for music anymore.

Who did you vote for as president?

Manny Villar, of course, he’s my friend and my UP classmate.

Did you have an inkling before that Villar would become a national leader and a real estate billionaire someday?

I had no inkling that Villar would be famous someday, he was an average-looking person. He was a simple and humble guy. But the fact that he came from Tondo and had studied at UP, that was impressive because Tondo was at that time already known for gangsters, hooligans and poverty. From UP after classes, we’d often ride the De Dios or JD buses to stop at Quezon Boulevard corner Banawe Avenue, then we’d eat at Ma Mon Luk resto, then I’d go home to nearby Quezon City and he’d still take other public transport rides to Tondo. Our only ambition then after college was to have a good job.

Who did you vote for as vice president?

(Laughs) Huwag na lang. Magagalit lang sila sa akin. (Never mind. They might get angry at me.)

Are you optimistic about the future of the Philippines?

Yes. I believe Noynoy will be a good President, if he follows his heart, focuses on job creation as well as poverty and hunger alleviation.

Any advice to Noynoy and other newly elected leaders on how to resist P200 million bribe offers?

I think if a leader is honest, he’ll tend to have honest followers also, honest subordinates.

Do you think Noynoy can fulfill his promise not to raise taxes, since I believe this outgoing government spent so much already and has taken on so much debt?

Yes, Noynoy can do it if he improves the tax collection.

But why should we pay the correct taxes when our politicians are so corrupt and the bureaucrats will just harass people who want to pay the correct taxes anyway?

My suggestion is for government to encourage the setting up of taxpayers’ foundations similar to those in Japan, there are about 300 taxpayers’ foundations there now. It encourages people to pay the right taxes and they can help each other, so they’re not helpless or at the mercy of erring government people. Even if a born-again Christian businessman, for example, wants to pay the correct taxes of say P10 million and a government official tells him to just pay P1 million, because the latter wants to pocket a huge sum, what can an honest person do? Right now, most businessmen underpay their taxes.

How much do you think is being lost in uncollected taxes every year?

That’s easily P100 billion to P200 billion every year. Let’s just say it’s P100 billion, so they won’t complain that P200 million is too much, that’s still big. So if Noynoy just can collect the right taxes, and if Philippine economic growth accelerates and there’s more buoyancy in businesses, there shall eventually even be more taxes for government to collect.

Students are soon going back to school. Any study tips? How did you become UP magna cum laude in your Business Administration course and class valedictorian, plus excelling at your MBA course at UCLA in the US?

I didn’t really study that hard, because I believe in working smarter, not working harder, so as a student, it’s also good to study smarter than to study harder.

Can you please elaborate?

The secret is I never cram. I don’t do cramming. I study regularly and, towards the exams, I just review my notes. My advice to students? Steady efforts at studying regularly, don’t do cramming. Also, it’s more important to understand the lessons than to memorize, because if you understand well, it’s easy to answer exam questions.

Did you aspire as a kid to someday become a government official?

No, no, no… I came here by accident, because of the late AIM Dean Gutsy Ortigas who got me involved in many pro-poor activities when I was teaching at AIM. Then Speaker Mitra also noticed my work and my writings, so he got me to help out in Congress, that was the start. But if I had known this would be my situation, if I could just live life all over again, I wouldn’t go into government. There’s just too much sacrifice and one can be so unfairly accused.

Lessons you’ve learned about Philippine politics?

There’s just so much hatred in our political system. In the end, this hatred destroys itself and consumes itself.

Who is the hero or leader in world history whom you admire the most?

Zhou Enlai, the late Premier of China.

Do you see yourself in a similar way, a pragmatic and good person amidst vicious politics?

Yes, to some extent, possibly. Zhou tried to survive and do well under those difficult conditions.

Is President GMA similar to the politically wily yet controversial Mao Zedong?

(Laughs) I don’t think so, they are different, but both leaders ruled under difficult circumstances.

Is it true you studied the Chinese language at UP? When?

Yes, I studied Mandarin. I believe our colleges should also teach foreign languages like Chinese, Japanese and maybe even Korean. I studied it in 1966.

China wasn’t an economic power then, but was plunging into the leftist “Cultural Revolution.” Why did you study Chinese?

Yes, China wasn’t an economic power then and in fact my father objected to my studying it. I was just curious what those Chinese characters meant that I saw in Manila’s Chinatown, especially when I would go there to eat in the 1960s. By the way, I studied Chinese language not for academic credits, it wasn’t even part of my business course curriculum.

Aside from Manny Villar, who were your other classmates at Ateneo High or UP college?

Villar’s wife Cynthia was at UP, they were classmates, she’s a good person also. At UP, my classmate Ericson Baculinao was president of the UP Student Council but he fled to China in 1972 when martial law was declared; he’s now the bureau chief of an international media outfit based in Beijing. The late Edgar Jopson was my Ateneo High School classmate.

Edgar Jopson, whom I read was the rich kid Catholic student activist who had met President Marcos in Malacañang during the student protests era and who later went underground as a Communist rebel leader later killed by the military?

Yes, Jopson. Burgis na burgis noon kami, puro picnics and parties (We were very bourgeoisie then, going often to picnics and parties). He was our valedictorian and I was first honorable mention. He became an activist only in college.

You and Jopson followed very different career paths in your own ways of serving our society. Do you also admire him somewhat?

Edgar Jopson, he was a martyr for what he believed in. Well, I don’t want to follow in his footsteps. I don’t intend to become a martyr.

Do you see yourself as being set up to be martyred perhaps, with your coming graft case?

That’s why I don’t like to be in this situation now, I don’t intend to become a martyr.

Maybe you should just come out and reveal more, then maybe the truth can set you free? Others tell me your testimony could help convict the alleged big-time criminals.

I really don’t know enough to convict anybody.

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35 Comments

  1. This Neri guy makes me sick! Ball-less frigging coward, scoundrel of the worst kind!

  2. MPRivera MPRivera

    “….your boss, outgoing President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, unable to resist temptation? Do you believe GMA is very corrupt?

    It may be unfair… She may be a victim of circumstances…”

    Haaayy!!

    Dalahirang bakla! Seems (s)he’s still head over heels loyal to (ano ba talaga dapat, her o his) patroness, the buruka. Maliwanag na payag siyang maging martir na binabae.

    Tingnan ang posing habang naghuhubad ng kanyang baro’t saya. Para ding sumisipsip ng lolipap.

    Hay, bruha ka! Sarap mo’ng kalmutin.

    http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=581617&publicationSubCategoryId=86

  3. MPRivera MPRivera

    “….If I could just afford it, I’d like to spend my life playing the piano and write poetry, learn the violin. But I have to work, because music and literature would not be enough to sustain me.”

    Ahay! Ang bruha’t mahilig din nga music. Siguro talagang bihasa siyang mag-sing-along.

    Ano kaya ang brand ng mic na gusto niyang gamitin? Local o imported?

    ‘Yaan mo, Atseng. Pag-uwi ko, pasalubungan kita. Ano gusto mo, cordless? O, yung merong dalawang reserved batteries?

    Hoy, Tita, galingan mo, ha?

  4. Oblak Oblak

    “Dalahirang bakla!” – MPR

    Tutuo ito? Ang tsismis si Salceda daw.

    Kung walang preface na si Neri ang iniinterview, parang very soft at showbiz ang dating ng interview.

    Hindi pa ba nya nararamdaman na nilaglag na sya nila Arrovo? Start singing na with a real microphohe, Caneri!!!

  5. Oblak Oblak

    Re #3, Pareng MPR, baka masabunutan ka na nyan ni Neri.

  6. Hayup ha? TWELVE bodyguards and drivers! Sa July 1 tanggalin ni Noynoy iyang 12 na yan. Ewan ko lang kung hindi mangatog itong si Atcheng. Kahit pa permanent assignment na ni Gloria sa kanya yan. Yan ang tetepok sa kanya pag nagkamali siya ng sagot.

    Pag wala na siyang bantay, tignan mo’t kakanta na iyan ng AB ZTE FG may saliw pang piano at biyulin!

  7. balweg balweg

    RE: ‘Yaan mo, Atseng. Pag-uwi ko, pasalubungan kita. Ano gusto mo, cordless? O, yung merong dalawang reserved batteries?

    Aba Igan MPR…mapapasubo ka niyan, dapat ang gifts mo sa kanya e size D na batteries at rechargeable pa ng sa gayon e magenjoy sa pamumuklat ng palaka sa katanghaliang-tapat!

    Alam mo…nang binabasa ko ang interview na ito e talagang nag-iinit ang aking punong-tenga sa kabulastugan ng kanyang mga NOTA?

    Di pa magsabi ng KATOTOHANAN at pawang KATOTOHANAN lamang…sino ang kanyang uululin, ngayon pa na bistado na ang kanilang mga hasang.

    Dapat ang full force ng dilapidated na kalengbang ng Hall of Justice ang ipataw sa mga sinungaling at magnanakaw ng pera ng bayan.

    Hindi dapat kaawaan ng mga ipokrirtong Noypi na akala mo e kay titino pero nasa loob naman kulo…puro sila pahirap sa bayan.

    Inis-talo talaga…opppss…relax muna at baka tumaas ang BP.

    Ang hirap talagang espilengin ng feeling korek…hay naku buhay nga naman!

  8. jawo jawo

    I’ve been writing in my columns that government salaries here are ridiculously low. Is raising their salaries to the level of top private sector firms one way to minimize corruption?

    Even if you make the salary of the president a million pesos every month, there is just too much temptation. The president will have to have a strong moral character to resist the temptations in power.

    Is your boss, outgoing President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, unable to resist temptation? Do you believe GMA is very corrupt?

    It may be unfair… She may be a victim of circumstances…

    Istupidong taratitat talaga itong si RomULOL Neri. Despite discreetly playing it coy and cautious, he had unwittingly said the very words we always wanted him to say. He is in effect saying his boss, gloria, didn’t/never had the strong moral character to resist any and all temptations of power, and that she really fell flat on her face and the victim of her own lust for greed.

    See ?? Simple lang Mulong. Why can’t you say it like this ? You were thinking perhaps Filipinos are stupid ? That we cannot see between the lines ?

    Not all of us may not have been from UP or UCLA or AdM, but I can assure you that we are smart (if not smarter) than you. Sinuwerte ka lang, pare, este, mare ko.

  9. jawo jawo

    Maybe you should just come out and reveal more, then maybe the truth can set you free? Others tell me your testimony could help convict the alleged big-time criminals.

    I really don’t know enough to convict anybody.

    So let us start from the “ENOUGH” that you’ve got and we’ll take it from there. What do you say ?

  10. “….If I could just afford it, I’d like to spend my life playing the piano and write poetry, learn the violin. But I have to work, because music and literature would not be enough to sustain me.”

    Mr. Neri, we all know you play the “organ” with passion. may papikitpikit pa 🙂

  11. gusa77 gusa77

    King/QUEEN of Vacuum cleaners of Malas-kanyang palace ay lumabas na sa kanyang lunga,magsisyete na ng katotohan ang bruha/o,kung silang dalawang ni PALOS ABALOSay napatunayang nagkasala sa NBN ZTE case,ano kaya ang pipiliin ni QUEEN VACUUM,sa MUNTI kaya o sa women correctional facilities, marahil MUNTI,dahil maraming ma-vavacuum na macho,endless ang trabaho ng bruhilda.

  12. Jawo hit the nail on the head.

    What Neri said in the interview…

    Even if you make the salary of the president a million pesos every month, there is just too much temptation. The president will have to have a strong moral character to resist the temptations in power.

    leaves a lot of room to believe that he is aware his beloved president does not possess a good moral character, let along a strong one.

    Truth wills out in the end.

    Idiot!

  13. chi chi

    My golay! Until the end, this moron still cares for the boss that betrays him.

  14. chi chi

    Is your boss, outgoing President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, unable to resist temptation? Do you believe GMA is very corrupt?

    It may be unfair… She may be a victim of circumstances…

    Gloria created the circumstances, she’s not a victim, never been. Double idiot!

  15. chi chi

    Are you religious?

    Yes, I’m religious, not in the conventional sense, but in the more metaphysical sense, I guess.

    Alanganin din! 🙂

  16. sychitpin sychitpin

    Neri has no balls, he chose SSS post in exchange for betraying the people, he does not know who were his enemies or friends. He was given a candy to stop telling the truth, and now he was sent to the executioner. Neri chose convenience and easier route but lost

    Jun Lozada is a much much better person ….. Jun Lozada took the road less travelled and won

  17. MPRivera MPRivera

    TWELVE bodyguards and drivers! – Tongue.

    Hindi kaya ‘yang 12 Pares na ‘yan ang kanyang ka-sing-along gabi gabi? Ibig kong sabihin, meron na silang banda. Kumpleto na ‘yan, sobra pa nga, eh.

    May saxophone. May trombone. May clarinet. May flute. At higit sa lahat, merong torotot.

    May bonus pang lolipap!

  18. olan olan

    curious lang…why look at neri instead of looking at decisions of the supreme court, recognizing executive privilege, at the time na lumubas ang issue tungkol sa korapsyon..hindi uunlad ang bansa natin kung maraming kunsintidor na ang inuuna ay kung paano pagtatakpan ang mali! kung talagang gusto nila ng hustisya o para sa bayan, kahit pa panahon ni gloria, marami na sanang nakasuhan o nakulong ukol dito.

  19. olan olan

    I don’t pity Neri. Kahit kinasuhan siya ng graft ng Ombudsman. obvious naman na hindi, para lang may masabi na may kinasuhan. This interview does not change my opinion of him as a person for participating in this scam.

  20. tru blue tru blue

    “This Neri guy makes me sick! Ball-less frigging coward, scoundrel of the worst kind!” – Anna

    He has no balls, she’s a woman.

  21. MPRivera MPRivera

    TB,

    May balls naman si Neri, wala nga la’ang laman.

    Pero meron siyang dalawang dosenang laging pinaglalaruan.

  22. chi chi

    I’d like to see Neri in jail with hundreds of hardcore handsome criminals and rapists sharing his cell. Tama na kayang parusa sa kanya yan…to die with a smile on his red lips? 🙂

  23. I’d like to see Neri in jail with hundreds of hardcore handsome criminals and rapists sharing his cell. YOU ARE VERY VERY CRUEL naman. 🙂

  24. MPRivera MPRivera

    Anna,

    Kapag nagkatotoo ang hiling ni Chi, sigurado akong magtatatalon at magtiTITIli sa kagalakan si Atcheng Neri.

    Aba, para na siyang biglang nagkaroon ng harem, ah. Walang sinabi ‘yung kanyang two dozen eggs na pinaglalaruan.

    Baka sumigaw pa siya nang: “I can die any moment now!” With matching pag-iskwat pa ‘yun sa sahig. Split baga.

  25. chi chi

    Bwahahaha!!! Grabe ka, Mags!

  26. Three men were arrested in a park. The judge asked the first man, an old one, “What’s your name?”

    “Manoling Morato”.

    “Why were you arrested?”

    “I was holding a big cigar and blowing smoke”

    “That’s not a crime, you can blow smoke in the park. You are free. Next!”

    A man in his 50s came forward. The judge asked him, “What’s your name?”

    “Romulo Neri”

    “Why did they arrest you?”

    “I was holding a big cigar and blowing smoke”.

    “Like I told the first one, your case is dismissed. Next!”

    A third man came. He was young and handsome.

    “I guess you were holding a big cigar too and blowing smoke, huh?”

    “No, your honor.”

    “Ok, so what’s your name?”

    “Smoke.”

  27. Loko ka talaga, Tongue.

  28. chi chi

    Hahaha!!!

  29. jawo jawo

    Tougue, akala ko ang pangalan ni pogi eh ALHAMBRA.

  30. MPRivera MPRivera

    jawo,

    Hindi masisiyahan sina Tita Manolita at Atcheng Neri kay Alhambra. Mahaba nga, payat naman. Para silang humitit ng tutpik nu’n.

    Mas hapi sila kung ang sinusubo nila ay si Havana Cigar.

  31. jawo jawo

    Hindi masisiyahan sina Tita Manolita at Atcheng Neri kay Alhambra. Mahaba nga, payat naman. Para silang humitit ng tutpik nu’n.

    Mas hapi sila kung ang sinusubo nila ay si Havana Cigar.———-MPRivera – June 8, 2010 1:35 pm

    ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
    Tama ka, igan MPR. Ito nga palang tabako ni Pareng Fidel ay “maHAVA-NA, maTAVA pa”. Sana maunat nang husto ang bibig ni Neri sa pag-subo nito para magsabi na siya ng tutuo.

  32. MPRivera MPRivera

    Pareng Jawo,

    Mali nga pala ‘yung “para silang humitit ng tutpik nu’n” kung si Alhambra ang sinubo nila.

    Dapat pala ay “para silang may subong istro at sumisipsip ng sopdrink dahil mahaba nga payat naman”.

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